§69g Condemnation and injunction proceedings

Summary

Fur or fur products can be seized and taken to a U.S. district court when the Commission has good reason to think they are being made, shipped, sold, or held for sale in ways that break the rules, and the owner does not show they follow the rules after getting notice. The Commission can bring the case, and the court treats it like a case against the goods themselves rather than against a person. If the court condemns the items, it may destroy them, sell them, return them to the owner if the owner pays legal costs and posts a bond promising to follow marking, advertising, and invoicing rules, or give them to charity. Money from a sale, after costs, goes into the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Also, if the Commission believes someone is violating or will violate sections 69a, 69d, or 69h(b), and stopping them is in the public interest, it can ask a court to order a stop until the Commission’s complaint process under the Federal Trade Commission Act is finished, dismissed, or an order becomes final.